Improvement in cigar-boxes



UNITED STATES PATENT @Errea oAEL GLUUD, or NEW YoEx, N. Y.

IMPROVEMENT lN ClGAR-BOXES.

Speciiication forming part of Letters Patent No. 162,284, dated April20, 1875; application filed February 26, 1675.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, CARL GLUUD, of the cityof New York, in the county and State of New York, have invented anImproved Cigar- Box, ot' which the following is a specitication:

Figure 1 is a vertical cross section ot' my improved cigar-box, taken onthe line c c, Fig. 2. Fig. 2 is a top view of the same.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in bothfigures.

lIhe object of this invention is to so construct a cigar-box that onopening it every single cigar therein may be exposed to view, so thatmanufacturers can, after the box has been packed, ascertain whether thepackers have properly assorted the contents as to color and quality, andalso so that purchasers can satisfy themselves that the lower layers areot' the same shade and quality as the upper layers of the box.

As cigar-boxes are at present manufactured they usually have hingedlids, which, when opened, disclose the uppermost layer ot' cigars, andthe lower layers cannot be seen, except by removing all, or nearly all,of the cigars from the box, which, of course, would involve the extralabor of repacking. Purchasers are frequently deceived by upper layersot' good cigars to buying boxes containing lower layers of an inferiorquality; and even manufacturers are often deceived by their packers,who, from carelessness or laziness, are induced to put various shadesinto the same box, taking pains only to properly adjust the uppermostlayer.

Myinvention consists in constructing a cigarbox with a hinged back andhinged cover, so that as long as the back is not folded down theappearance of the box will be identical with that ot' every ordinarycigar-box, disclosing the upper layer only; but when the back is letdown the ends of all the cigars contained in the box are exposed toview, and the requisite inspection can take place. Cigars can bewithdrawn from the middle or lower part of the box, and replaced atliberty, without disturbing the contents otherwise, and still the box,when closed, can be held closed by a single tack, like the ordinarycigar-box.

In the accompanying drawing, the letter A represents the bottom, B B theends, C the lfront, D the back, and E the cover, ot' my improvedcigarbox. The bottom, ends, and front are rigidly connected, in thecustomary or suitable manner. The back D, however, is, by a strip oftape, ct, or other equivalent means, hinged to the back edge of thebottom A, so it can be folded down, as indicated by full lines in Fig.l, or raised up against the rear ends of the sides B B, as indicated bydotted lines in Fig. 1. The cover Eis, by a strip of tape,

b, or otherwise, hinged to the upper part of the back, so it will becarried along by the latter whenever the same is folded down. In orderto properly secure the back in its upright position, when closed, it isgrooved along its inner face, and the rear edges ot the sides B B aremade with tenons d d to fit said grooves e e, so that when the back israised the tenons or rear ends of the sides B B will enter into thegrooves e, that extend along and parallel with the ends of the back D,all as clearly indicated in the drawing. Thus, when the back is raisedit will, by the tenons and grooves, be sufficiently held to retain itsupright position, and still it may be let down without difliculty. Thefront end of the lid E can be held down to the outer edge of the front Cby means of a tack, in the usual manner, and the box may be partlyinspected by merely raising the lid, whereas it' it is intended toinspect the entire contents the back also will be let down.

I claim- A cigar-box made with a hinged hack, D, and with the lid Ehinged to the hinged back, the back being grooved to receive tenons thatproject from the rear ends of the sides B B, all substantially as hereinshown and described.

CARL GLUUD.

Witnesses:

A. V. BEIESEN, OTTO WEIDNER.

